The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

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Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing 11 conduct flight operations with the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) March 6, 2010, while under way in the Philippine Sea. Nimitz and the embarked air wing are deployed to promote peace, regional cooperation and stability in the Western Pacific region. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr., U.S. Navy/Released)

 

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C-17s participate in Pacific Rendezvous
Senior Master Sgt. John Gallo checks the location before dropping cargo over the drop zone near Katchemak Bay, Alaska, Feb. 10, 2010. Sergeant Gallo is assigned to the 517th Airlift Squadron and is participating in Pacific Rendezvous, an exercise exploring C-17 capability in large formations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matt Coleman-Foster)

Captains Kit Conn and Christopher Slauson, with the 21st Airlift Squadron, Travis Air Force Base,Calif., pilot a c-17 Globemaster III loaded with U.S. Army equipment from Fort Bragg, N.C., in support of Haiti earthquake relief efforts, Jan. 27, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua L. DeMotts)

 

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100302-N-8878B-507 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 3, 2010) The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), center, and the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), center right, transit in formation off the coast of Rio de Janeiro with the Brazilian navy ships BNS Independencia (F44), BNS Constinuicao (F44) and BNS Niterai (F40). The ships are participating in Southern Seas 2010, a major component of Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command Partnership of the Americas maritime engagement strategy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael C. Barton/Released)

Is steaming in some semblance of a real, balanced formation outside the ken of surface combatants? Probably trying too hard to steam IAW the FORM instructions instead of looking outside the bridge and lining up...well, I dunno...lining up SOMETHING. Maybe...and I'm just spitballing here...lining up BRIDGES?!?

 

[Hozer]

Is steaming in some semblance of a real, balanced formation outside the ken of surface combatants? Probably trying too hard to steam IAW the FORM instructions instead of looking outside the bridge and lining up...well, I dunno...lining up SOMETHING. Maybe...and I'm just spitballing here...lining up BRIDGES?!?

Well, it is the Brazilians...at least they are all going in the same direction. Baby steps...

 

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MCPON visits my old squadron.

100308-N-9818V-253 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (March 8, 2010) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Rick West visits Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (VAQ) 132 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. West is on a five-day visit to the Northwest region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jennifer A. Villalovos/Released)

 

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates exits a V-22 Osprey aircraft at Forward Operating Base Cafferata, Afghanistan, March 9, 2010. Gates is at the base to visit with the Marine Corps' 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment. (DoD photo by Cherie Cullen/Released)

 

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U.S. Air Force Capt. Cory Farrer, pilot assigned to the 13th Fighter Squadron, taxis an F-16 Fighting Falcon toward the runway for a predawn takeoff Feb. 3, 2010, at Misawa Air Base, Japan. The F-16 is a multi-role, all-weather fighter capable of accurately delivering ordnance during non-visual bombing conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

 

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Shaw aircrews train at Red Flag
First Lt. Greg Farrell gets strapped into his F-16 Fighting Falcon before a training mission at Red Flag Feb. 23, 2010, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. Lieutenant Farrell is a pilot from the 55th Fighter Squadron at Shaw AFB, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

Shaw aircrews train at Red Flag
First Lt. Greg Farrell gets strapped into his F-16 Fighting Falcon before a training mission at Red Flag Feb. 23, 2010, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. Lieutenant Farrell is a pilot from the 55th Fighter Squadron at Shaw AFB, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

 

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Liberty Airmen watch over Afghan
Lt. Col. Douglas J. Lee, the commander of the 4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, performs a walk-around inspection of an MC-12 Liberty Feb. 27, 2010, prior to a mission. A four-person aircrew flies the modified King Air 350 commercial plane to provide real-time full-motion video and signals information to help military leaders make battlefield decisions.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez)

Liberty Airmen watch over Afghan
Lt. Col. Rob Weaver, the 4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron director of operations at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, goes through a routine check of the instrument panel in an MC-12 Liberty Feb. 27, 2010. The MC-12 brings tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to ground commanders in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez)

 

[HeyJoe]

T-34C at Fallon earlier today

HJ Photo

 

[HeyJoe]

Forlorn Viking still waiting to join cousins at the outdoor air park at Fallon

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HJ Photo

 

[Birdog8585]

T-34C at Fallon earlier today...(pic)

Tell me you have a wider shot of that range spotter? Baby blue? Really?

 

[Gatordev]

Tell me you have a wider shot of that range spotter? Baby blue? Really?

I had a couple of pics somewhere on here of some other baby blue T-34s. Some of them are that dark blue, but a lot of them are also the baby blue. Here's a couple of pics taken by me from one T-34 to another over the Bahamas.

I actually wouldn't be surprised if that plane HJ took a picture of is one of these two aircraft, though neither one of them was supposed to go to Fallon permanently.

 

[nugget61]

Fantail landing via Lockheed's flickr site

 

[HeyJoe]

I had a couple of pics somewhere on here of some other baby blue T-34s. Some of them are that dark blue, but a lot of them are also the baby blue. Here's a couple of pics taken by me from one T-34 to another over the Bahamas.

I actually wouldn't be surprised if that plane HJ took a picture of is one of these two aircraft, though neither one of them was supposed to go to Fallon permanently.

Right you are. It's a VFA-125 asset used at Fallon for spotting when RAG is in town. It came back with a stuck throttle yesterday and JO/Instructor did nice job bringing it back and chopping power about the 90 or so by killing the engine. Gave Crash and Rescue and all the security folks a chance to flash their lights.

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HJ Photo